By MICHAEL GINGOLD
Two very different explorations of satanic shenanigans are coming to the streamer.
Tubi has announced its acquisitions of the Adams Family’s WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS (pictured) and Steve J. Adams and Sean Horlor’s documentary SATAN WANTS YOU, both of which screened at the current Fantasia International Film Festival (DEVIL as a world premiere, SATAN as a Montreal premiere); both will make their exclusive streaming premieres on Tubi this winter. DEVIL, written and directed by Zelda Adams, John Adams and Toby Poser, also stars Lulu Adams and Sam Rodd; the synopsis: “WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS is a horror film that follows a family of performers traveling a cold, dying carnival circuit during the dregs of Depression-era America. The family consists of Seven, who has the brains; Maggie the brawn; and daughter Eve is their quiet dark angel. Eve sings for their supper, but when her parents fall to pieces, their act really comes together.” The movie, which we review here, will also play at Sitges and Frightfest.
According to the official synopsis, SATAN WANTS YOU, which world-premiered at SXSW, “delves into the hysteria that followed the release of 1980 memoir MICHELLE REMEMBERS, which uncovered how baby-stealing Satanists abducted Michelle Smith. Satanic rumors pervaded communities across the world, creating a Satanic Panic that left destruction and wrongful convictions in its wake. [The movie] will take viewers on a never-before-seen journey using archival footage of talk shows, new reports, and in-depth interviews with those closest to the controversy.” See our review here.
“Tubi is a prime destination for horror fans,” says Tubi’s chief content officer Adam Lewinson. “We have long seen a hunger for the horror genre on the platform and we continue to superserve these viewers with compelling titles like WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS that have broad appeal. We also feel confident that both our horror fans and our dedicated true-crime audience will find the real-life horror depicted in the unbelievable documentary SATAN WANTS YOU to be compelling.”
